young

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   In the early part of growth or life

   In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

   • a lamb is a young sheep
   • these picture books are for young readers
   • Come skydiving with us. Come on, you're only young once!
2. 2

   At an early stage of existence or development

   At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.

   • the age of space travel is still young
   • a young business
   • […] while the Fears of the People were young, they were encreas’d strangely by several odd Accidents […]
3. 3

   advanced in age

   advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.

   • And thou, our Mother, twice two centuries young, Bend with bright shafts of truth thy bow fresh-strung.
   • How young is your dog?
   • Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.
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   1. 4

      Junior (of two related people with the same name).

      • The young Mr. Chester must be in the wrong, and the old Mr. Chester must be in the right.
   2. 5

      Early (of a decade of life).

      • Ephraim would be in his young thirties.
      • […] while this may appeal to older, better-off shoppers, vast numbers, especially those in their teens and young twenties, still want fast, cheap fashion.
   3. 6

      Youthful

      Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.

      • My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.
   4. 7

      Of or belonging to the early part of life.

      • The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.
   5. 8

      Having little experience

      Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

      • Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.
   6. 9

      Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

      • The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.
      • The lion's young are curious about the world around them.
      • There is a logic in this behavior: a mother will not come into breeding condition again unless her young is ready to be weaned or has died, so killing a baby may hasten […]
   7. 10

      To become or seem to become younger.

      • The aging (or younging) of a population refers to the fact that a population, as a unit of observation, is getting older (or younger).
   8. 11

      To cause to appear younger.

      • Medicare data was "younged" by a month to achieve conformity with the conventional completed ages recorded in the census.
   9. 12

      To exhibit younging.

      • Shoshonitic magmatism younged southwards in the Superior Province, commensurate with the southwardly diachronous accretion of allochthonous subprovinces.
      • The existence of magmatic belts younging northward implies that slabs of Asian mantle subducted one after another under ranges north of the Himalayas.
   10. 13

       A surname.

   11. 14

       A placename

       A placename:

The neighborhood

• synonymjunior
• synonymbaby-faced
• synonymhebetic
• synonymyoung
• synonymyoungling
• synonymyoungly
• synonymyoungsome
• synonymyoungthly
• synonymyouthly
• synonymyouthsome
• antonymoldantonym(s) of “born not long ago”
• antonymagedantonym(s) of “born not long ago”
• antonymgrown upantonym(s) of “born not long ago”
• antonymseniorantonym(s) of “born not long ago”
• antonymyouthlessantonym(s) of “born not long ago”
• antonymelderlyantonym(s) of “born not long ago”
• antonymmatureantonym(s) of “having qualities of a young person”
• antonymexperiencedantonym(s) of “inexperienced”
• antonymveteranantonym(s) of “inexperienced”
• neighboryoung adulthood
• neighboryouth
• neighborcallow
• neighborchildish
• neighborimmature
• neighborpuerile
• neighborcoltish
• neighborjuvenal
• neighborunfledged
• neighboractive
• neighborinexperienced
• neighborchild